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GREAT BRITAIN ANI) NORTH BRN IKICLAN ll. 1855 IV. l)7'€pUy7720Il$ Compulsory. S0:;ep=¤yi¤w¤¤c<>¤¤v¤l· Except in the case of returned or redirected parcels the postage 1~1¤¤¤r>¤<>¤¤- sl1all`be prepaid. V. Ohargcs. 4 Fhnrses. In respect of every arcel for deliver m the United States of ·“"°“”‘· America or in Greatpgritain and Nortiiern Ireland, whether insured or uninsured, a payment of 30 cents shall be made by the despatehing Administration to the receiving Administration, with the addition of the credits proper to the sea conveyance when this service is provided by the latter Administration. _ _ The amounts to be allowed in respect of parcels sent from one of I`°' °"”°’°°"°"'°s' the two contracting countries to the other or onward transmission to a third country shall be fixed by the intermediate Administration. On every parcel returned, or redirected unpaid, by one of the two *’**'°°‘$'°‘“’“°"·°‘°· Administrations to the other, the returning or re-transmitting Administration shall be entitled to claim a payment of 30 cents together with any sum due in respect of the Atlantic sea service. In the case of a parcel returned, or redirected unpaid, in transit through one of the two Administrations to the other the intermediary Office may claim also the sum due to it for any additional sea service provided, together with any amounts due to any other Administration or Administrations concerned. ' Except as provided in this Article each Administration shall keep "°“°°**°¤¤*°°¤i¤°d- the whole of the sums which it collects by virtue of the various articles of this Agreement. VI. Prohibifiovts. *"°"“’i“°‘“· 1. It is forbidden to send by post any parcel containing :— P°’°°*s °‘°‘“d°d· (a) A letter or a communication of the nature of a letter. Nevertheless it is permitted to enclose in a parcel an open invoice, confined to the particulars which constitute an invoice, and also a simplle copy of the address of the parcel, that of the sender being adde . (b) A11 enclosure which bears an address different from that placed on the cover of the parcel. (c) Any live animal (except bees, which must be enclosed in boxes so as to avoid all danger to postal officers and to allow the contents to be ascertained}. (d) Any article of which the admission is not authorised by the Customs or other laws or re lations in force in either country. (e) Any ex losive or infiilmmable article, and, in general, any article of which the conveyance is dangerous. ‘ 2. When a parcel eontravening any of these prohibitions is handed bagiglgosel ¤*¤¤¢1¤<¤¤<1 over by one Administration to the other, the latter shall proceed ` in accordance with its laws and its inland regulations. _ _ _ 3. The two Postal Administrations shall furnish each other with a¤—ii$i;s,gi¤.pr°hib`°°d a list of prohibited articles; but they will not thereby undertake any responsibility whatever towards the police, the Customs authorities, or the senders of parcels. VII. Make up of parcels. Meke up ¤¢¤¤r¤¤¤¤- 1. The name and address of the sender and of the addressee must “°“““°m°“‘*· be legibly and correctly written in every case when possible on the parcel itself, or on a tag, label, or a Customs Declaration securely gummed to the parcel, instead of only on a tag tied thereto. Ad-